Simple he’s just the master.😊

Escucho a muy buenos interpretes dé armónica, pero Larry fue y será el mejor de todos los tiempos. Es mi opinion.

Is he playing silver concerto or 270 here?

This is my amazing grandfather. I miss him a great deal, thank you for posting. Thank you! Thank you!

The man can wail on a chromatic, sweet and lowdown.

I have had the chance of seeing him in concert!!!!

Superb!

A raw craftsman I'd say

Para tocar bien blues, no hace falta una armonica especial para tal fin, con una cromatica sobra pero el que estaba al frente hera el gran Larry, y claro........

I was once behind Larry Adler waiting in a queue to get into the Pavilion on Worthing seafront, where Larry was headlining. He was wearing comfy satin slippers and stood about 4 feet 8 inches. When he got to the front of the queue the doorman wouldn't let him in as he didn't have a ticket. "But that is me" he said, pointing at the A-frame advertisement on the front steps, and we - in the queue - all backed him up. The doorman capitulated and let him in but just as Larry walked past him, the doorman called out -"You should update your photos!" Larry didn't reply! Wonderful concert but you could see how frail he was becoming. A true legend!

Superb. Virtuosity. Such beautiful blues played on a chromatic. Gonna work on my chromatic playing now that I see it can be done. Not just on diatonics!

How does he get that sound at 2:10 - 2:13? I've tried but just can't get it. It is probably the simplest thing but I'm not getting it. Any harmonica players, help please.

the genius of Larry Adler...!!!

ole!

Don't know why but he always reminds me of Truman Capote!!!

Lovely! Thank you for sharing this Jaime Alexandre.

nice !!! i have been looking for this on yt for some time. i have this on a vhs video tape but am not able to make the dub from tape to dvd due to the "macrovision" on the tape. this is from the 2nd annual world harmonica championships and performance, trossingen, germany 1989, put on by hohner.

Good God, this man was a freaking genius.

is this from the trossingen 1989 hohner world champs video? if so, can someone please post the toots portion of that fest. these fellows are in a league of their own, just wonderful.. thank ou for posting.

not everone can learn I know many musicians who can NOT play the harp

Mr Adler was blacklisted in the states and came to live in Europe. This man was considered a dangerous subversive. Work that one out....

I met him twice after shows one at the Albert hall and one at the Pizza Express on both occasions he was gracious and polite. I had heard he was what some called irascible but after reading his book and the struggles he had with McCarthyism I understood why he might have appeared terse. A wonderful sound with no equal in his field. Thank you for the posting and thank you L.A. for your magic.

cool

Part Two of my answer: - I still say, “a genius but not a nice person”. I have spoken to many people that knew him when he taught in a collage in Barry near where I live and they all say the same. I could go on but I would only get deeper into the subject, in my show I tell my audience “If I live to be a 100, I will never speak to anyone the way Larry Adler spoke to me”, don’t forget it was me that made the effort to go and see him. Regards, Derek

Having listened to him on many occasions and at the time, followed his career for more than 50 years and the fact that I had got down on one knee to touch his hand, and the fact that I have done countless shows for elderly people I still stand by what I’ve written. The facts about the “Lady Looking After Him”, study his life and you will find he had countless ladies looking after him, so derive from that what ever.

@Karvindon did it ever dawn on you that he might not have either heard or understood what you said? It's clear by your description (lady looking after him) that he was elderly and there was noise all around, right? I've seen videos of him playing in his later years and it seemed from those that he actually did have some hearing difficulties. For all you know he might have thought you were asking something of him and - given that he was 'older', you might cut him some slack rather than judging.

1 person has a screw loose in the head

damn larry adler is the harmonica king he makes the harmonica sound like more than just an instrument you blow into people probably think the harmonica is easy to play in fact it's quite difficult i know because i actually play the harmonica and although anybody can probably learn it but not everybody can master is like adler did that's the difference but one day i want to be considered a harmonica master and then i can be happy that i achieved my goal in life..

I could go on but unlike him I am a polite person. Re: - “A statement to a dead man who cannot respond” if we don’t say what we feel and what we say is the truth then something is wrong with man kind. Regards, Derek harmonicashow.co.uk Sorry about having to read this reply upside down.

I knelt there waiting for him to say thank you or words to that effect. All he said was “Don’t bother me now I’m going to bed”. If I live to be 100 I’ll will never speak to anyone the way Larry Adler spoke to me. So I say again, a genus but not a nice person to know.

At the end of the show I asked the lady looking after him if I could say hello to him, she said OK. I got down on one knee by the side of his chair and told him I was so please to meet him. I told him how I had followed his career, I told him I had never met a genus and I was meeting one now. I told him I play most of his music, in fact I couldn’t have been more polite.

Hi To try and quantify my remark “Not a nice person”. I followed Larry Adler from the age of 9 (I’m now 71), I always admired his playing hence my remark “A genius”. I met Larry Adler after his last television appearance in a venue called “The Pop Factory” in Porth in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales UK.

Wonderful music! Greetings from Germany! Dieter

I take it from Derek's comment that (a) he got to know Larry Adler very well and (b) met a "not nice person". Perhaps ti would be appropriate to qualify this horrible statement to a dead man who cannot respond. But there may be others who have got to know Larry Alder quite well, perhaps very well, and may also have a view - but "not a nice person" is too general - more like mudslinging. Please be precise and see how others who also knew him may have to say..

A genius but not a nice person to know. Take care, Derek

This is a chromatic Larry Adler in C.

anybody know that key he is using? its gorgeous!

Pure talent! I could listen to this all day

Wow wow wow wow wow

hi, I´am glad you appreciate, just because It´s really amazing, lovely .. without words. Larry use to play with Hohner chromatic harmonics and at the time, 1989, it could be only two: Hohner 270 standard or Hohner Larry Adler. The Larry Adler model was at end a 270 standard made with Larry Adler opinion. Best regards,

@robbie69612 Since he died in 2001 that is pretty amazing

@ch8rlesp8ulh8rris ...don't know for sure, but it sure appears he's tongue blocking. Note the great angle he holds the harp to his mouth. Looks like he's blocking to the right, which is unusual for most players.

Holy shit!! it almost sounds like a Sax!! this guy is doing marvels with just a few notes the Harp has! woooo verrry sweet

yeeeeee haaaaaa

Looks like Larry Adler for the most part was a "pucker player" like the great Toots Thielmanns. Anybody who isnsists that you have to tongue block on chromatic harmonica should watch this video. . .

SAW Larry play a few years ago in Adelaide - Australia He Was Brilliant, Hadn't lost A Thing.

@blueshambles hi

Tonight is the first time I have heard Larry Adler play. He was a good friend of my Dad's. He would go to see him every time Larry played in Baltimore. I never had time to go with my Dad to meet him. My loss all around.

This is really cool! How I wish I had a chance to be there live!

Wow !!!! The Master !!